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Friday, 18 March 2011

Churn Dash Threadpath....

I've been asked about the threadpath for the feather block on my Gilded Churn Dash quilt so here goes......

Find the centre of the block using a straight ruler then using a curved ruler stitch out the four lozenges .....

Next in freemotion stitch out the four teardrops using a figure eight configuration.....

You could use a purple air erasable marker to draw diagonal registration lines if necessary......

Freemotion the feathers on one side of the lozenge then circle down inside the lozenge back to the centre......

Freemotion feather up the second side of the lozenge to finish the first quadrant...backtrack to the centre and start the second quadrant.....work your way around the block until all four quadrants are done!

I think you can see the path of the Churn Dash block easy enough then move to the inside of the block to do the continuous curve...it can be done all in one pass without breaking thread...do the three outside curves then the central square last....

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